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It got a very nice lens on it ...

Why not take both ?

Amazing that this stuff is no longer selling. I hardly ever used it myself, but I'm glad I held on to my last pack.

It looks like it was pressed against a hard object and the pressure cracked the glass...

This was my first AF film camera. I think it only had 3 focusing points. I purchased mine Used back in 1998, so once in a while it would skip a couple of frames. Other than that, this camera took some great pictures. The AF was pretty good for it's time, even better was the dead-on exposures...

I know this topic has been beat down for quite a while now, but why didn't camera manufacturers give photographers the option to use both TTL and iTTL, ETTl, PTTL, etc ? To keep it simple, iTTL, ETTL, PTTL, etc. all use a pre-flash to help determine flash exposure. This pre-flash combines with the cameras ambient metering system to determine flash exposure. The problem with this pre-flash is that it can make people blink, or it can trigger off-camera flash. So if that's the case, why not just use ordinary TTL that does not fire a pre-flash, but still determines the amount of light coming through the lens. TTL although not perfect, had a very short life, however, it was still better than using guide numbers and flash to subject distance on the fly, or using inconvenient light meters. It also was very convenient with Close-up and Macro photography.

I have the third edition, thanks. This is the one we used while I was in school.

I saw the total eclipse from beginning to end down here in Arkansas in the parking lot of my apartment complex . The whole thing took more than hour. About an hour and an half actually. It was pretty warm outside for a spring day, so I got in my car sitting in the parking lot with a big bottle of juice. Once in a while I would take a peek with my eclipse glasses. There were few if any clouds in the sky. I think the first sign that the sun was being blocked was around 12:37 CT. Little by little the moon began to eat a chunck out of the sun, but it took pretty long. I looked up every five minutes or so. About half-way through, the temperature outside began to decrease slightly. About 3/4 of the way through, it looked as if it was 6:00pm or dusk but it was midday. Finally around 1:53 CT the Sun was completely covered by the sun. You heard a gasp from the people who were watching because it got pretty dark, suddenly ! It was about as dark as when the sun goes down completely during a normal day, but not pitch dark. Once the sun was completely covered, you could make out what looked like a planet to the right of the sun which was very bright, then a somewhat dimmer and much smaller one to the left. They looked like stars to me. I tried to take a picture with my cell phone, but it didn't come out very well . The temperature then dropped significantly, but I did not notice any weird behavior from the birds. They just kept chirping as usual. After about 2-3 minutes or so you could see different colors(actually red, purple and blue) a the bottom of the circumference of the sun and moon. It looked like the colors were perculating or something ? This lasted only about 1/2 a minute or less. Then the sun began to push the moon out of its way. You could see a very bright triangle of light coming from the top right of the dark moon. Then things began working backwards as they had begun.

When I was going to school for photography(many moons ago), bounce reflectors were just an option. If I remember correctly, we hardy ever used them in class, even when it came to portraiture. So what I did, was to aquire some additional metal reflectors for all my strobes with some accessories such as barn doors, honey comb grids, filter holders, snoots, beauty dishes etc., thinking they might come in handy some day. Unfortunately, since I never really got into Portrait photography, I did not get a chance to use these very much. When I was shooting Youth-Sports and School Year-Book photos, I relied mostly on the equipment the company made available to us which consisted mostly of Umbrellas and Softboxes. Still, we rarely used bounce reflectors. Not that I got anything against bounce reflectors, but I think the whole thing is a bit overblown. It reminds me of the 'Natural Light' craze where using Flash was a big No-No for some photographers. After spending $500 on a speed-light you better believe I'm going to use it ! So I spent years trying to master Artificial Light and I'm still working at it. To me, even some portraits look a little better with a combination hard-light and soft-light, rather than the same old boring Umbrella/Softbox look. Last night I managed to find a book in my library that I had not picked up in a while that might be helpfull. The title of this book is called "Understanding and Controlling Strobe Lighting" by John Siskin. The good thing about this book is that it focuses on good old fashioned lighting equipment which I have at my disposal. The bad is, that there is a tad too many "pretty pictures" and not enough technical data as usual. Anyway thanks for responding.

I apologize that someone didn't get back to you after an entire year. Try posting some pictures and have some fun. This site is not what it used to be 15, 10 not even 5 years ago , sorry.

Usually when I purchase a Strobe it comes with a 5-7" reflector. However, you can purchase additional Metal reflectors for this Strobe unit such as 10", 15" reflectors, Zoom reflectors, Parabolic reflectors that can be larger than 25". Then there is the Beauty Dish which bounces the light of a small disc, back to a larger disc and onto the subject. These can be be from 16" to 22" or larger. These Metal Reflectors can also be outfitted with barn-doors, grids, snoots and all type of accessories. Now if you Google "Reflectors for photography" you are going to get 1/2 a million articles on Bounce reflectors. "Bounce this", "Bounce that", Umbrella this, Soft Box that, 5 in 1, but nothing on Metal Reflectors ? I'm guessing the manufactures didnt build these reflectors for their health. They must serve some type of purpose ? Have these Reflectors become obsolete ? Do Photographers still use them in their studios ? I mean there seems to be a total black-out on how to use the reflectors other than the small description the manufacurer included when you purchased the unit ? Can someone please help ?